tento

See also: tentó, tentò, ten to, and ten-to

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛnto/

Pronoun

tento

  1. this

Declension
declension of tento
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative tento tento tato toto
genitive tohoto tohoto této tohoto
dative tomuto tomuto této tomuto
accusative tohoto tento tuto toto
locative tomto tomto této tomto
instrumental tímto tímto touto tímto
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative tito tyto tyto tato
genitive těchto těchto těchto těchto
dative těmto těmto těmto těmto
accusative tyto tyto tyto tato
locative těchto těchto těchto těchto
instrumental těmito těmito těmito těmito

See also

Esperanto

Noun

tento (accusative singular tenton, plural tentoj, accusative plural tentojn)

  1. temptation

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese tento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a back formation from tentar from Latin temptāre (“to test, to touch”). Cognate with Portuguese tento and Spanish tiento.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtento̝/, /ˈtɛnto̝/

Noun

tento m (plural tentos)

  1. steady hand
    Tras o accidente perdín o tento. ― After the accident I've lost my steady hand.
  2. (usually in the plural) tact (the sense of touch)
    Synonym: sira
  3. finesse; tact (careful consideration in dealing with others to avoid giving offense)
    Synonyms: delicadeza, tacto, tino
  4. try, attempt
    Synonyms: intento, tentativa
  5. fingertip
    Synonym: papo

References
  • “tento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “tento” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “tento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “tento” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “tento” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto

Verb

tento

  1. first-person singular indicative present of tentare

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the perfect passive participle of tendō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈten.toː/, [ˈtɛn.toː]

Verb

tentō (present infinitive tentāre, perfect active tentāvī, supine tentātum); first conjugation

  1. I handle, touch.
  2. I try, test.

Inflection
   Conjugation of tento (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tentō tentās tentat tentāmus tentātis tentant
imperfect tentābam tentābās tentābat tentābāmus tentābātis tentābant
future tentābō tentābis tentābit tentābimus tentābitis tentābunt
perfect tentāvī tentāvistī, tentāsti1 tentāvit tentāvimus tentāvistis, tentāstis1 tentāvērunt, tentāvēre
pluperfect tentāveram tentāverās tentāverat tentāverāmus tentāverātis tentāverant
future perfect tentāverō tentāveris tentāverit tentāverimus tentāveritis tentāverint
passive present tentor tentāris, tentāre tentātur tentāmur tentāminī tentantur
imperfect tentābar tentābāris, tentābāre tentābātur tentābāmur tentābāminī tentābantur
future tentābor tentāberis, tentābere tentābitur tentābimur tentābiminī tentābuntur
perfect tentātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect tentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect tentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tentem tentēs tentet tentēmus tentētis tentent
imperfect tentārem tentārēs tentāret tentārēmus tentārētis tentārent
perfect tentāverim tentāverīs tentāverit tentāverimus tentāveritis tentāverint
pluperfect tentāvissem, tentāssem1 tentāvissēs, tentāsses1 tentāvisset, tentāsset1 tentāvissēmus, tentāssemus1 tentāvissētis, tentāssetis1 tentāvissent, tentāssent1
passive present tenter tentēris, tentēre tentētur tentēmur tentēminī tententur
imperfect tentārer tentārēris, tentārēre tentārētur tentārēmur tentārēminī tentārentur
perfect tentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect tentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — tentā — — tentāte —
future — tentātō tentātō — tentātōte tentantō
passive present — tentāre — — tentāminī —
future — tentātor tentātor — — tentantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives tentāre tentāvisse, tentāsse1 tentātūrus esse tentārī tentātus esse tentātum īrī
participles tentāns — tentātūrus — tentātus tentandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
tentāre tentandī tentandō tentandum tentātum tentātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • tento in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tento in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be attacked by disease: morbo tentari or corripi
    • to try one's luck: fortunam tentare, experiri
    • to try to divine a person's disposition: animos tentare (Cluent. 63. 176)
    • to force a way, a passage: iter tentare per vim (cf. sect. II. 3)

Portuguese

Verb

tento

  1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of tentar

Noun

tento m (plural tentos)

  1. attention, cautiousness, prudence, care

Synonyms

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian attento

Adjective

tento m (feminine singular tenta, masculine plural tenti, feminine plural tente)

  1. careful, attentive

Synonyms
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